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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke write that one ought to wait and gather "a whole life long," in "Blood-Remembering"?

2. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that quite at the end of life, one might be able to write how many verses that were good?

3. Rilke writes that most people only know a corner of their room, and thus have a certain what?

4. Mood writes in the introduction to "The Dragon-Princess," "Unambiguous affirmation is" what?

5. How old was Rilke when he wrote "The Dragon-Princess"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?

2. What does Rilke say of "forgetting" in "Blood-Remembering"?

3. What does Rilke remark of childhood memories in "Blood-Remembering"?

4. What is remarkable about Rilke's vision in "The Dragon-Princess"?

5. Of what does Rilke say regarding insecurity in human relationships in "The Dragon-Princess"?

6. What does Mood discuss in the introduction to "The Dragon-Princess"?

7. What does Mood preface "Blood-Remembering" with, in discussing the poet?

8. What has Rilke accomplished in his epitaph, according to Mood?

9. What metaphor does Rilke use in describing solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

10. What must one "see" in order to write a single verse, according to Rilke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "The Poems Praise" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the poems "Woman's Lament I" and "Woman's Lament II." What structural differences are there in these poems? What similarities in regard to subject and theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the elements of Rilke's writing which make him a precursor to the feminist movement. What aspects of his writing and his theory are ahead of his time in these matters? How does he relate the female and the male form?

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